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The mayor of Cartagena, Jose Lopez, has met this morning at the Palace Hall, the new director of the shipyard Navantia in Cartagena, Agustin Alvarez.

Subsequently, the talk has joined Deputy Mayor, Ana Belén Castejon.

The meeting served Alvarez official presentation of the representatives of the municipal government.

It is recalled that last August 1, this ferrolano cash engineer took over as head of Construction Program Submarines S80 and the dock shipyard Navantia in Cartagena.

Thus, Alvarez, who served until then as deputy director of S-0 program and shipyard, replaced in office by Admiral Jose Manuel Sanjurjo.

After the meeting, the mayor, who has made available the new director, said that they reviewed projects such as the S-80 or linking Navantia in the development of the Year of the Enlightenment to be held in Cartagena next year.

Later, Jose Lopez has wanted to emphasize the tremendous importance of the shipyard in the recent past of the city, serving as support at the worst times and becoming the firm ground under our feet Cartagena, especially in places like the Barrio de la Concepción or San Anton, where the streets were full of workers of our beloved Bazan.

Meanwhile, the head of Navantia has offered to alcaldetoda collaboration and support they may require.

Alvarez added that have dealt with the mayor the current status of the project of the S80 submarines during last July, successfully passed critical design review, which has demonstrated the technical feasibility of the program, enabling us to construction of the first ship in an orderly manner.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITY AND NARROW NAVANTIA

Sustained appointment this morning between the mayor, the deputy mayor and the new director of Navantia has revealed the existing proximity between the local administration and the shipyard, a key part of the local economy, but also the cultural, social and historical heritage of Cartagena .

The collaboration between the municipality and Navantia has bifurcated in different ways;

cultural projects, such as disclosure of Cartagena as a city of submarine weapon;

the submarine Tonina, or the integration of Navantia in the Working Group that defines the program of events of the Year of the Enlightenment to be held in Cartagena during 2017, an initiative promoted by the department of Culture and Heritage Archaeological led by Ricardo Segado .

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena